Asheville tasting rooms and restaurants are preparing for World Cup fever. Four years ago, places like the LAB and Green Man were slammed with soccer-loving fans. Now there are more venues than ever in downtown.

With the Olympic flame now extinguished in Sochi, Russia, the sporting world turns its attention to Brazil in anticipation of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The world’s most popular sporting event is set for June 12–July 13 at 12 venues across the South American country. ESPN will present all 64 matches of the quadrennial tournament and today the entire television schedule — across three networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC) – was announced.

To spell it out: Dirty Jack’s is small and will be packed with people who always go there, especially for the opener and the 6pm kickoffs and the weekend games. The regulars are the kind of people who showed up at 7am for the last World Cup.

It’s great that Hi-Wire and Pack’s and W.A.L.K. and other places will be joining in, and if you want to sample the Dirty Jack’s atmosphere, the daytime games during the week will be quieter than the evening ones, but if you want some space to breathe and don’t want to wait a while to get served (and longer to use the bathroom) then you’ll be happier somewhere else.